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ORDINANCE NUMBER 14?4
AM ORD1NA"CE CANVASSIMG lHE RETURNS AND DECLARING ThE
RESULTS OF THE' SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF WEST
UNIVERSITY PLAC~, TEXAS, ON MAY 2, 1992; CONTAINING
FINDIN~S AND PROVISIONS RElATED TO lhE SUBJECT, AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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Bf IT ORDAINED BY ThE CITY COUNCIL OF lhE CITY OF WEST
UKIVEkSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
hHEREA~, the City Council of th& City of West University Place,
Texas, (the "City"), ordained that an electiofl be held in the City on
the 2nd day of My, 1992, for the purpose of electing one Council
Member to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term only, and
WHEREAS, sald election was called and notice given in accordance
with the law, and the election was held in all material respects in
conformity with the law; ~nd
WHEREAS, thE' returns ot such elect10n have been duly and legally
made and submitted to the City Council of the City for canva~sing, and
a tabulation of the returns for each election precinct and for early
voting, as canvassed and tabulated by the City Courlcil of the City and
shown in Exhibit A attached hereto, reflect the vote totals for each
candidate, as follows:
Ken Currie Counc i 1 Member 222 votes
Cindy Lumpkin Council Member 54 votes
Jerry Nickell Council Member 555 votes
Stan McCandless Cour.cil Member 222 votes
Bob Park Counc 11 Member 330 votes
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNI~ERSITY
PLACE, THAT:
Section 1. All of the recitals contained in the preamble of this
Ordinance are found to be true and are adoptE'd as findir.gs of fact l1y
this City Council and as part of its Judgment, particularly the results
of the election described thereln as canvassed and tabulclted in the
preamble hereof and as shown in, and IIlclde a part hereof for all
purposes, Exhibit A clttached hereto.
Ordinance ~umber 1424
Section 2. As cl result of ~uch tar.vass and tabulation lt is hereby
determined atld dec.lared that JERRY D. NICK~LL, with a total of 55&
,utes cast for him, h~s b~en elected COUNCILM~MBER uf the City uf West
University Place, Texas.
Section 3. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed
to make t~e appropriate entries of information appearing in the
tabulation of preclnct results sh('\\n in Exhibit A attclched hereto in
~he election register maintained by the City 1~ clccordance with
provisions of Section 67.006 of the TEXAS ELfCTIOM C~DE.
Section 4. If any word, phrase, clause, senterlce, parclgraph,
section or other part of this ordinance or the apJ.llcation thereof tc,
any person or circumstclnce, shall ever be held to be invaHea at'
unconstitutlonal by any court of comp\!tent jurisdiction, the remainder
of this ordir.ance and the application of such word, phrdsf::, clause,
sentenct", paragraph, section or other part of this ordinance to clny
other persons or Clrcumstances shall not be clff~cted thereby.
Sec.tlon 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in confl ict
herewith are hereby repealed to th~ extent of the conflict only.
Section 6. The City Council officially finds, determines and
declares that a sufficient written notic~ of th~ date, hour, plac~ ~nd
subject of each meeting at which this ordinanc~ was dlscussed,
consldered or acted upon was glven in the manner required by the Open
~etings Law, TEX. R~V. CIV. STAT. A~h. art. &252-17, as amended, and
that each such meetlng has been open to the public dS required by law
at all times during such discussion, consideration and action. The
City Council rdtifies, approves and co~firms such notices and the
conten~s and posting thereof.
Section 7. The public importance of this measure dnd the
requirements of the law create an emergency and clfi urgent public
necessity requiring that this Ordinance be passed and tak~ effect as an
emergency measure, and a state of emergency IS hereby declared, and
thlS Ordinance is clccordingly passed as an emergen~y measure and shall
take effect ana be in force immeaiately front and after it~ passage.
PASSED ANO APPROVED, thi~ the
Voting Aye:
4th day of
May ,1992.
Voting Nay:
Absent:
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1tt .~1 yor
ATTEST:
away
City Secretary
(SEAL)
Approved as to Form:
James L. Dougherty, Jr.
City Attorney
Ordinance Number 1424